Bedford Academy is celebrating its best ever GCSE results for the 6th year running. 54.3 per cent of students achieved A*-C in both English and maths.

Last year’s exceptional student progress was recognised as being in the top 20 per cent of schools nationally, progress this year is even better with the new Progress 8 measure exceeding +0.6.

Principal Claire Smith, said: “I am thrilled with Bedford Academy’s fantastic results again this year. These are a reflection of the hard work and dedication displayed by both students and staff, opening doors for our students’ future success.”

Sharnbrook Upper School

Sharnbrook Upper School had ‘fabulous’ GCSE results and have again delivered an outstanding set of GCSE results.

Over a quarter (27.2 per cent) of the students achieved five or more A*/A grades with 16 per cent achieving eight or more.

Our top two students achieved 13 A* grades each, with a third student achieving 12 of these highest grades.

A spokesperson for the school, said: “As a fully comprehensive school we take enormous pride in the fact that 99 per cent of our students achieved at least 3 GCSE grades, with 97 per cent achieving at least 5.”

Bedford Free School

The exam results from Bedford Free School are also above the national and town averages with 66 per cent achieved ‘good’ (A*-C) passes in both English and maths.

65 per cent achieved five or more A*-C grades including maths and English.

Mark Lehain, principal said: “We are delighted with how our students have done again this year. In particular, given their very low attainment before they joined BFS, these grades demonstrate excellent progress in a short period of time.”

Rushmoor School

Rushmoor is a non-selective school and the pupils have performed exceedingly well in their GCSE examinations despite a significant decline in GCSE results nationally this year.

The overall percentage of pupils achieving five A* - C grades was 90 per cent.

Some subject results had 100 per cent A*-C pass rates, and science results had a 95 per cent A*-C pass rate.

Principal Mr Daniel, said: “These are an outstanding set of results for a non-selective independent school. All staff at Rushmoor are dedicated to ensuring our pupils achieve their full potential.”

Mark Rutherford School

Students have made significant progress this year with 57 per cent of them achieving A*-C including English and maths, an increase of 12 per cent on last year.

Below are some of our outstanding performers from Mark Rutherford School:

Charlotte Anstee 9 A*, 2 A

Hamish Burns 1 A*, 9 A,

Leonardo Buttice 6 A*, 4 A

Karolina Cup 9 A*, 3 A,

Lina Dubbins 8 A*, 2 A

Katie Eaves 1 A* 11 A

Liam Fensom 6 A*, 4 A

Lydia Geronikolos 3 A*, 7 A

Marco Guarino 4 A*, 5 A,

Elizabeth Headley 7 A*, 5 A

Georgina Hodge 2 A*, 9 A

Chris Jefferies 4 A*, 4 A

Abbie Knox 3 A*, 5 A

Bedford Modern School

Bedford Modern School (BMS) staff and students are celebrating outstanding GCSE examination results bucking the national trend which has shown a dramatic fall in A*-C grades.

BMS students achieved an impressive 98 per cent of grades at A*-C with 35 per cent of those at A*.

BMS continues to provide the highest quality education with an exceptional two thirds of all grades awarded at A*-A.

More than a quarter of the 138 students who sat their exams achieved straight A*-A grades.

The top performing male students Tom Allen and Zain Khan achieved 11 A*s plus an A in additional maths.

Kimbolton School

56 per cent of the grades awarded to students at Kimbolton were A* or A grades and over a quarter of the year group achieved at least nine A*/A grades.

96 per cent of the pupils received five or more passes at A*-C grades, including maths and English.

Amongst these students included James Clements, who achieved 9A*s and an A despite spending the entire exam period in a wheelchair wearing a full leg brace. James had broken his kneecap and had had it pinned just a couple of weeks before.